Improved paper box



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PAPER BOX.

.ffm l Patented A131214; 1868.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE. j

II. D.- SCUDDER, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED PAPER BOX.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 76,830, dated April14,1563- Paper Boxes; and I do hereby declare that'the' following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof', reference beiug'had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon;

In the annexed drawings, m-.ikingpa-rt of this speci1ioationA representsa blank.v piece ot' paper of suitable thickness, size, and shape formaking the bottom and sides'ot' a paper box. In this case the paperismade round in shape., and is for the purpose of makinga round box. Inorder to determine the size of the box, I measure the height ofthe sideof the box and t'henone-half the diameter ofthe bottom, and with thesetwo dimensions combined I have a radins by which [strike the circle uponthe' paper ot' which the box is to be formed. With the radius ot' halt'the diameter ot' the bottom ot the box I then strike a circle from thecenter. of the paper, which tells'me the size ofthe bottom. I then cut aseries of kerfs from this circle, which indicates the bottom ot' thebox, toward the outer edge of the paper, and thus form the series ot'segments BB, which .may be as many as desirable..` The center C is thenplaced over a. hollow cylinder ot suitable size, and forced down bymeans ot afollowerot'the size and shape of said center. 'Ihe sections BB then stand at right angles to the center C, v

and the contiguous edges of the sections overlap each other. Theycommence to lap alittle near the bottom, and lap more as they approachtheir upper edges, and where they lap they'are glued or pasted fasttogether. I now paste in an inside lining and then an outside covering,which completes the body of the box.

Thislining and outer covering may both be' pasted ou at the same timethe body is pressed into the forlner,`so as, to complete the whole atone operation.

By cutting the blanks ot' these boxes in-suit.-

able sha-pes' the boxes muy bedmaderound, or. hexagonal, or square, orany other desirable In testimony that I'claim the foregoing I havehereunto set my hand this 28th day of March, 1868.

H. D.,SCUI)DER.

Witnesses:

0. M. ALEXANDER, A. N. MARR.

